HC Deb 29 March 1983 vol 40 cc100-1W
Mr. Ray Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many students were admitted to each university institution in Wales in (a) 1978–79 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available.

Mr. Waldegrave

The numbers of new entrants including postgraduates to full-time courses at each university institution in Wales are:

1978–79 1982–83*
Aberstwyth university college 1,301 1,205
Bangor university college 1,225 1,052
Cardiff university college 2,425 2,307
St David's, Lampeter 283 236
Swansea university college 1,733 1,519
University of Wales institute of science and technology 1,053 929
Welsh national school of medicine 258 275
* provisional